[meteorite-list] (No More) One-Ad Per Week Rule

From: Gary Chase <garychase_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:03:21 -0700
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Great Idea=2C have a real vote by all 900 members to see if they want to ha=
ve an ad post by each and every member every other day which is still less =
than your average.
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Gary


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> From: mikewren at gilanet.com
> To: deanbessey at yahoo.com
> Date: Thu=2C 15 Oct 2009 12:50:13 -0700
> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] (No More) One-Ad Per Week Rule
>
> Hello=2C
>
> DITTO. Also the days when we had the MOST ads=2C were the most
> productive on the list. THE BEST TOPICS. THE BEST CONVERSTION ON
> METEORITES COINCIDED WITH THE MOST ADS. So a big part of this whole
> topic is BULLSHIT. If you really want to do it right for THE FIRST
> TIME -have a real vote. I HAVE BEEN ON THIS LIST LONGER THAN 70% of
> the folks on this list. So if you want a true historical perspective
> maybe ask someone who's been here a lot longer than the critics...
>
> Michael Cottingham
> On Oct 15=2C 2009=2C at 12:13 PM=2C dean bessey wrote:
>
>>>> about advertising in his forum. Advertising is a privilege=2C not a
>> right and Art was considering having no ads at all due to abuse.
>> The consensus=2C at the time=2C was that way too many ads were being
>> posted and that one-ad-per-week should be a rule. List members
>> input was taken into account so this was not only Art's wishes but
>> the majority of other members as well.>=20
>>>
>>>
>> This is flat out wrong. There never was any consensus. Art went on
>> record as saying that he did not mind ads.
>> What happened was that 4 or 5 people decided that they would hijack
>> Art's list as if it was their own and decide to prevent people from
>> making "to many" (Whatever that means) ads. After months and months
>> of bombarding the list with anti ad attack postings Art basically
>> tried to shut up the malcontents that dont appriciate the fact that
>> they have the privelidge being a part of what is basically the best
>> online meteorite forum and said "OK=2C one a week".
>> Then=2C rather than shut up=2C these 4 or 5 people decide to declare
>> themselves sherrif and kept going on with this anti ad campaign and
>> even the most minor offence (Even during big shows like tucson and
>> munich) was enough to make attack postings. They decided to continue
>> making an ass of themselves and continue their efforts to hijack
>> arts list as if it was their own.
>> Then after people started leaving the list because of all these
>> attack postings they had the gall to claim that "They left because
>> of the ads". (The fact that people werent leaving before their
>> hijacking and attacking efforts is conveniently ignored).
>> Nobody leaves this list because of the ads (Well there may have been
>> 2 or 3 people who left because they are to stupid to use the delete
>> button or block sender button in their email settings and dislaike
>> the fact that people are allowed to own meteorites like the cultural
>> property people in some governments but its an insignificant few).
>> People leave because of the bickering. Dont try and twist it around
>> that its not because of those 4 or 5 people that is basically
>> ruining things for everybody.
>> Becides why are you 4 or 5 people constantly harrassing the other
>> 1000 of us with your diatrabes? An iq of about six would enable you
>> to understand that the only person who matters is art so why dont
>> you email him rather than the rest of us who cant do anything even
>> if we did buy the fact that you somehow have the right to
>> unilaterally declare yourselves sherrif even though you have no
>> ownership or control of this list?
>> The answer of course is that Art has the smarts to ignore the whackos.
>> Nobody is forcing anybody to be a part of this list. You dont even
>> need arts permission to leave. You can do it yourself.
>> Stop this assanine BS and let us talk meteorites and have sales. If
>> you have a problem dont complain to the other 1000 of us.
>> And the "Majority consensus" that you refer to is about the same as
>> what the "Majority consensus" of an iranian election would be. It is
>> flat out not the will of the majority of list members or the list
>> owner but the will of 4 or 5 people who wants to run the list as
>> they see fit (Like the aftermat of an Iranian election).
>> I suspect that cottingshams lastest excessive postings are designed
>> to entertain and see how big an ass that certain paople can make of
>> themselves by complaining about them. Some people has posted 2 anti
>> ad attacks for every one of cottingshams supposedly excessive ads.
>> The other 1000 of us are surely happy about that.
>> Go away. The consensus of the silent majority dont want to listen to
>> your attacks anymore
>> Sincerely
>> DEAN
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